Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Data-storage device and flash memory control method
- Patent Title (中): 数据存储设备和闪存控制方法
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Application No.: US14851186Application Date: 2015-09-11
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Publication No.: US09355028B2Publication Date: 2016-05-31
- Inventor: Chang-Kai Cheng
- Applicant: Silicon Motion, Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW Jhubei, Hsinchu County
- Assignee: SILICON MOTION, INC.
- Current Assignee: SILICON MOTION, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Jhubei, Hsinchu County
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Priority: TW101119266A 20120530; TW101132461A 20120906
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F12/02 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F12/10

Abstract:
A data-storage device having a flash memory allocated to provide data-storage space, a valid page count table, logical-to-physical address mapping information, and an invalid block record. The data-storage device further having a controller, allocating the data-storage space to store data issued from a host, and establishing and maintaining the valid page count table, the logical-to-physical address mapping information, and the invalid block record in the FLASH memory to manage the data-storage space. A FLASH memory control method is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160004468A1 DATA-STORAGE DEVICE AND FLASH MEMORY CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-01-07
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